The first sketches of the second and third parts of King Henry the Sixth.
By: Ed. by James Orchard Halliwell.
Contributors: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. 1820-1889, ed.
Series: In Amyot, Thomas, ed. A supplement to Dodsley's Old plays. [London] 1853 -- v. 4.; Shakespeare society. Publications, no. 15. (Vol. IV, no. 3, in the L. C. set)
Publisher: Printed for the Shakespeare society
Published: 1963
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Henry -- VI, -- King of England, -- 1421-1471 -- Drama
Other titles: King Henry the Sixth.
Notes: With reproductions of the original title-pages: The First part of the Contention betwixt the two famous houses of Yorke and Lancaster, with the death of the good Duke Humphrey ... London, Printed by Thomas Creed, for Thomas Millington ... 1594. and The true Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke, and the death of good King Henrie the Sixt, with the whole contention betweene the two Houses Lancaster and Yorke ... Printed at London, by P. S. for Thomas Millington ... 1595.

The 2 parts form the basis of Shakespeare's Henry VI, pts. 2 and 3. The authorship and their relation to his version are much disputed.

Microfiche.  Washington, D. C. : Microcard Editions [1963?] -- 4 cards ; 7.5 x 12.5 cm.

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